DAL Emergency Calls The US State Dept [re: TLSA lookup]

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On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:32:26 -0400
Karl Semich <0xloem at gmail.com> wrote:


> >         yes. So you can try connecting. Since you're in the US you won't
> > be discriminated based on country.
> 
> 
> $ telnet stimson.state.gov 25
> Trying 169.252.4.133...
> Connected to stimson.state.gov.

	he he he

> Escape character is '^]'.
> 554-stimson.state.gov
> 554 Your access to this mail system has been rejected due to the sending
> MTA's poor reputation. If you believe that this failure is in error, please
> contact the intended recipient via alternate means.

	lovely, use 'alternate means'


> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> Usually when a port isn't responding you'll get "timed out", "closed",
> "rejected" .  port 79 times out for me.


	telnet localhost 666
	telnet: can't connect to remote host (127.0.0.1): Connection refused

	ok, so 'refused'.